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USDA recently awarded its latest round of Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program awards to assist organizations in opening and expanding global ag export markets. (Rod Bain and Chris Jacquette of the Foreign Agricultural Service)

Chris Jacquette of the Foreign Agricultural Service provides an example of how the Market Access Program works to gain and expand ag export markets for U.S. commodities.

Beef markets are eagerly awaiting two upcoming USDA cattle reports. (Gary Crawford and USDA livestock analyst, Shayle Shagam)

Shayle Shagam, USDA livestock analyst, saying that at the end of this month we'll get a cattle inventory report which may have clues as to what to expect in the beef cattle market over the next year.

The Environmental Protection Agency Friday announced it will again waive restrictions and allow summertime sale of fuels blended with fifteen per cent ethanol at fuels pump across the country. (Rod Bain and EPA Administrator Michael Regan)

A USDA official is clearing up some misinformation about USDA's program of financial assistance for producers who have in the past been discriminated against in USDA lending programs. (Gary Crawford and Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene)

Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture Gloria Montano Greene with an important update on USDA's financial assistance programs for producers who in the past were discriminated against in USDA lending programs.

The latest USDA Agricultural Prices report shows a total increase in what livestock producers received for prices for their commodities, and how that impacted the total ag price index. (Rod Bain)

There are several training vehicles available from USDA for use by animal health stakeholders to prepare for response of potential animal disease outbreaks. (Rod Bain and Barbara Porter-Spaulding of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Barbara Porter-Spaulding of APHIS Veterinary Services explains the various training exercises available to animal health stakeholders under USDA’s National Training and Exercise Program